Final Fantasy VIII The Second Sorceress War Begins

Prologue: New Beginnings

Harry awoke to find himself laying warm and comfortable on a soft bed that was not his own, he could tell it wasn't his bed because it was much more comfortable than the beds at Hogwarts, for all the good things in the Wizarding world, nothing he had slept on could compare to the bed he was on at the moment.

"How is he Doctor?" a kindly male voice asked

"The same as when the Faculty brought him in yesterday Cid" a stern elderly woman replied "He's stable, just exhausted. Aside from the malnutrition and stunted growth he's in good shape for a fifteen year old"

"Any idea who he is?" the male, Cid asked

"None" the Doctor replied "DNA tests turned up negative, there's also no record of any missing teens that matches his description"

"Orphan?" Cid asked

"Possibly" the Doctor shrugged "Maybe he's just drifting and ended up here. It isn't uncommon"

"I agree" Cid replied "But for the mean time we will just have to wait and see" that was all Harry heard before he drifted back to sleep.


He awoke some time later to the faint sound of rain on glass, only this time he actually felt more awake than before.

Harry sighed to himself as he opened his eyes and looked around. He was in a white room, an infirmary he assumed from the clean smell and the white walls,

"Awake I see"

Harry looked towards the sound of the voice to see a plump and stern woman, in her forties from Harry's guess, wearing a doctor's coat with a stethoscope around her neck "How do you feel?" she asked

"Tired" Harry said "And hungry enough to eat a tank"

"Well I can't do anything about the exhaustion" the woman replied "But I can deal with the hunger issue and help with the malnutrition"

"Where exactly am I?" Harry asked

"You're in the infirmary of Balamb Garden. I'm Doctor Kadowaki"

"Garden?" Harry asked

"It's a school for all intensive purposes" Kadowaki said "You can find out more when you get some strength back"

Harry nodded as the Doctor moved towards the door "I'll see about getting you some food, any preferences?"

"Surprise me" Harry smiled as he pulled himself into a sitting position and looked around, the infirmary was advanced, a lot more advanced than anything he had seen back home.

Dr Kadowaki had mentioned that Garden was a school, that intrigued him a lot, what exactly did they teach? Did it have anything to do with learning to Summon the guardians?

His thoughts were broken when the door opened with a slight hiss and Dr Kadowaki returned carrying a tray with food and followed by two people, the first was a short and plump elderly man with dark brown hair and wire framed glasses wearing trousers, a waistcoat and white dress shirt, the second was a woman in her twenties wearing a uniform.

"It's good to see that you're awake" the man said as Dr Kadowaki passed him and placed the tray on the small table next to the bed.

"If you can't eat it all don't try" she said "I don't want you back in here sick again"

"Understood" Harry said as he reached for a spoon and tried the soup, it wasn't bad, tasted like carrot or pumpkin.

"I don't mean to sound rude" Kadowaki said "But I never caught your name"

"It's Harry" he replied "Harry Potter"

"It's nice to meet you Mr Potter" the man said "I'm Cid Kramer, the headmaster here at Balamb Garden" then he nodded to the woman "This is Xu, she's an instructor in Weapons and Tactics for our SeeD Cadets here at Garden"

"Nice to meet you" Harry said as he finished the sandwich on the tray.

"If I could ask" Cid said as he took a seat "The Garden Faculty found you unconscious outside the entrance to the complex, do you have any idea how you arrived there?"

"Wish I knew" Harry said "But I don't" He felt bad lying to the man, but to an extend he wasn't, he didn't know how his travelling between the Dimensional Interval and Garden had happened, he was simply…bending the truth

"That's alright" Cid assured "Do you have any family?"

"My parents died when I was an infant" Harry replied "And my mothers sister and her family aren't really worth mentioning"

"You don't like them?" Xu asked

"It's a mutual deal" Harry shrugged "They despise me, I despise them"

"I see" Xu nodded

"Can I ask a question?" Harry asked

"Shoot" Xu said

"Doctor Kadowaki mentioned that Garden was a school" Harry said "What type of school is it?"

"For all intensive purposes, Garden is a MilitaryAcademy" Xu said "We take in children of all ages and give them a home and education. And if they choose to go all the way then the students can enter an advanced program when they hit fifteen which at the end of their training will allow them to take the examinations to become member of Gardens mercenary organisation, SeeD"

"What type of training do you do?" Harry inquired, things were getting interesting. It was becoming very apparent to him that the reason he had been sent to Balamb Garden was to train with SeeD.

"Weapons and tactics" Xu began "Depending on what type of weapon you choose the weapons masters teach you an effected combat style based on your strengths and study different combat tactics, Para Magic, that's more or less learning to harness elemental energy from a Guardian Force or a monster and then use it against an enemy, It's also standard to learn monster physiology, motor mechanics, diplomacy, languages and a ton of other fun stuff" then she looked at him with a smile "Why? You interested?"

"Possibly" Harry said "It's not like I've got anything else to do"

"Are you sure?" Cid asked "It's a hard life, dangerous too, despite the rewards"

"I've had my fair share of danger sir" Harry assured him "I may not look like much but I can hold my own"

"Well" Cid said "Considering it is the end of the spring term and classes are ending we should be able to free up some Instructors to get you caught up between now and the start of the Autumn term"

"That's true" Xu said "Kazan is free for the next few months, he's one of the best instructors we've got"

"Agreed" Cid said before he looked at Harry "Still interested?"

"Sign me up sir" Harry smiled.

Authors Notes:

Done.

Next time Harry gets a tour.

And in regards to the romance aspect of the storyline, I've already got Harry's romantic interest picked out. But find out who it is until later.

I've also decided that I'll limit the saga to the Squaresoft familty, cause i've tried but no matter whatI doI can't put together a viable ability list for the character in the gamesI wanted to use. I might andI repeat MIGHT bring in a Shadow Hearts game later but i'm not sure.

for the mean time here's the list of games i'll be using and the order Harry will be going in.

Final Fantasy 8
Final Fantasy 10
Final Fantasy 7
Legend of Dragoon
and
Final Fantasy X-2

The Shadow Hearts may come in but i havent decided yet. tell me your opinions.

If you have any questions about the abilities or things like that let me know and i'll try to answer.

Mishcief Managed.